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Kaaren Mathias

Dr Kaaren Mathias is a public health physician who leads Project Burans (https://projectburans.wixsite.com/burans), a partnership initiative of the Emmanuel Hospital Association, working with communities for mental health in Uttarakhand, India.
 

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By scooter or on foot – women keep pushing for equality in Uttarakhand and around the globe

Suddenly women are driving scooters everywhere in Mussoorie, the small North Indian town where I work with a local non-profit organisation. This change in the gender norms of vehicle driving means that I have to leave for work ten minutes earlier than I did a couple of years back. Two years ago, children went to school by foot, or riding with t...